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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8078323 | Method for controlling the process of separating mixtures containing several substances Method for controlling the process of separating mixtures containing several substances having close boiling points and with a known concentration, in a distillation column, wherein the concentration of at least one component is measured at a midpoint of the column,... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7514565 | 3,5-Difluoropyridines The invention relates to compounds of the formule ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7256158 | 2,4,5,-trisubstituted phenylketo-enols for use as pesticides and herbicides The invention relates to new phenyl-substituted cyclic ketoenols of the formula (I) in which Het represents one of the groups w... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7208175 | Process for the production of rapidly disintegrating, solid pharmaceutical preparations Rapidly disintegrating preparations containing at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient and at least one excipient can be obtained by a simple process in which at least the predominant part of the complete composition of the ingredients for the preparation to b... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7112660 | Modified cytokine The invention relates to methods for the stabilisation of cytokines and to cytokines generated by such methods. The methods of the invention involve mutating the amino acid sequence of a cytokine so as to remove solvent-exposed hydrophobic residues, and/or mutating ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7091284 | Hydrogenated nitrile rubbers with improved low-temperature properties Hydrogenated copolymers of an unsaturated nitrile, butadiene and isoprene, wherein the molar ratio of butadiene to isoprene is less than 3:1, display valuable low temperature properties. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7025978 | Use of polysiloxanes containing quarternary amino groups as formulation auxiliary agents, and agents containing the same The present invention relates to the use of polysiloxanes containing at least one quaternary ammonium group as formulation auxiliaries in formulations of pharmaceutically and veterinary active compounds, and to compositions comprising a) pharmaceuticall... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012041 | Phenylpyridazinones The invention relates to novel phenylpyridazinones of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each as defined in the description, ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6984297 | Device for taking measurements of cells which are contained in a liquid environment A method and a device are used for carrying out measurements on cells located in a liquid environment. Each cell is positioned with an underside of its membrane on a surface having a channel running through it. A negative pressure is established to aspirate the cell... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6951967 | Process for the preparation of tertiary alcohols by the hydration of tertiary olefins in a reactive rectification using a structured multi-purpose packing Tertiary alcohols can be prepared by the hydration of tertiary olefins having the same number of carbon atoms on an acidic ion exchanger using special structured multi-purpose packings for heterogeneous reactive rectification. An excellent yield and purity of the al... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6933409 | Amination of aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic analogs thereof Noble metal/reducible metal oxide catalysts effective for the direct amination of aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic analogs thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, the cataloxidant comprises a noble metal selected from Pd, Rh, Ir and/or Ru and a reducible met... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923715 | Device for regulating the air volume flow for a vent in a laboratory A device for regulating the air volume flow for a laboratory exhaust, has a rectangular housing (6) which can be arranged on the laboratory exhaust. The device is equipped with inflow devices that can be connected to the interior of the laboratory exhaust and... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6919085 | E2 subunit vaccine comprising recombinant pestivirus E2 protein The invention relates to a method of increasing protein expression in baculo vector virus expression systems. The invention provides a method to produce a recombinant protein in insect cell culture which comprises selecting a recombinant baculovirus expressing said ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6881453 | Optical film A film which is a single polymer film and has a smaller phase difference as the wavelength becomes shorter. This film is made from an olefin-based polymer which has an alicyclic group in the side chain, such as hydrogenated polystyrene, the amount of the alicyclic g... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6875766 | Use of riboflavin and flavin derivatives as chitinase inhibitors The invention relates to the use of riboflavin and of flavin derivatives with chitinase-inhibitory action for controlling arthropods, nematodes and chitin-containing fungi. ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6835381 | Methods for modulating angiogenesis by using the anti-angiogenic angiotensin-7 and polynucleotides encoding therefor The present invention provides methods for modulating angiogenesis by administering anti-angiogenic Ang-7 polypeptides to a subject. Methods of modulating angiogenesis by administering an anti-angiogenic ANG-7 nucleic acid are also provided. ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6831147 | UV-stable polycarbonates optionally mixed with known aromatic polycarbonates, production thereof and use thereof The present invention provides UV-stable polycarbonates, optionally mixed with known aromatic polycarbonates, the production and use thereof, wherein the polycarbonates contain terminal groups of the formula (Ia) ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6808883 | Automatable rapid test for detection of cancer, based on telomerase (hTC) mRNA with specific primers and probes The invention relates to an automatable rapid test for detection of cancer based on telomerase(hTC) mRNA, to suitable starter nucleotides and oligonucleotide probes for this test and to a corresponding detection method and a test kit. ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6806322 | Hydrogenated styrene polymer, process for producing the same, and molded object obtained therefrom The present invention relates to a hydrogenated styrene polymer that has excellent transparency, can be used suitably for an optical application such as an optical disk substrate, has stability and transparency in a hot and humid environment, and has excellent heat ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802640 | Static micromixer In a static micromixer which comprises at least one mixing chamber and one guide component disposed upstream of the mixing chamber and which includes channels extending therethrough at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the micromixer, so that the channels of alte... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6773724 | Stable salts of O-acetylsalicylic acid with basic amino acids The present invention relates to stable salts of O-acetylsalicylic acid with basic amino acids, a process for their preparation and their use as medicaments. ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6753298 | Agents for combating Neospora spec Compositions for controlling diseases caused by protozoans of the genus Neospora, which are characterized in that they comprise one or more active compounds which inhibit the microtubulin system of plants. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6740749 | Ozone-induced gene expression in plants The present invention relates to new DNA sequences, a method for producing new plants which contain a new DNA sequence, the coding sequence thereof being expressed after ozone induction. The invention also relates to said new plants and the use of DNA sequences to p... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6737462 | Thermally stable, weather-resistant polyamide moulding compositions The invention relates to thermally stable, weather-resistant polyamide moulding compositions containing as stabiliser, a mixture of a copper halide, one or more halogen compounds and hypophosphorous acid or an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of this acid, ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6730635 | Microcapsule suspensions The invention relates to microcapsule suspensions containing (A) a particulate disperse phase of microcapsules comprising: (1) sleeves that are reaction products of mixtures of toluylene diisocyanate and 4,4′-methylenebis-(cyclohexyl isocyanate) with... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6680032 | Process and apparatus for preparing granulates A new process for continuously preparing granules having narrow grain size distribution, comprising a) spraying the product to be granulated in liquid form into a fluidized bed, b) separating the proportions of fine material escaping from the fluidized... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6602520 | Method for producing quickly decomposable solid pharmaceutical preparations Rapidly disintegrating preparations containing at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient and at least one excipient can be obtained by a simple process in which at least the predominant part of the complete composition of the ingredients for the prepa... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6593435 | Method for producing and using storage-stable, latent-reactive layers or powders of surface-deactivated, solid polyisocyanates and dispersion polymers with functional groups The invention relates to methods for producing storage-stable, latent-reactive layers and powders of surface-deactivated, solid polyisocyanates and dispersions or aqueous solutions of isocyanate reactive polymers, which can be used as adhesives and coveri... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6555346 | Protein expression in baculovirus vector expression systems The invention relates to a method to increase protein expression in baculo vector virus expression systems. The invention provides a method to produce a recombinant protein in insect-cell culture which comprises selecting a recombinant baculovirus express... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6403239 | (Co)polymers based on vinyl units and use thereof in electroluminescent devices This invention relates to (co)polymers which contain at least one repeat chain unit of the general formula (1) or (2) and optionally contain repeat units of the general formula (3) ##STR1## in which L1 and L2 mean a photoluminescent ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6372913 | Process for preparing 2-substituted 5-formylthiazoles 2-substituted 5-formylthiazoles are prepared in an advantageous manner by reacting halogenomalonaldehydes in the presence of a solvent and a C1 -compound of the formula (III) ##STR1## in which X represents oxygen or sulfur and R1 is ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6369054 | Aqueous agents for combating parasitic insects and acarina in human beings The present invention relates to water-containing formulations for the dermal control of parasitic insects and mites on humans, said formulations having the following composition: a--agonists or antagonists of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of inse... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6365537 | Two-component supported catalysts and their use for gas-phase polymerization The present invention relates to a two-component supported catalyst, consisting of a) at least one transition metal compound applied on to an inorganic or polymeric organic supporting material, the metal being selected from the group of the d and f elemen... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6348548 | Method for producing and using storage-stable, latent-reactive layers or powders of surface-deactivated, solid polyisocyanates and dispersion polymers with functional groups The invention relates to methods for producing storage-stable, latent-reactive layers and powders of surface-deactivated, solid polyisocyanates and dispersions or aqueous solutions of isocyanate reactive polymers, which can be used as adhesives and coveri... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6305834 | Method and device for producing a dispersed mixture via crossing partial flows A method and a device for producing a dispersed mixture from at least two phases. To do this, the first and the second phase are subdivided into split streams so that the split streams from the first phase are located on a first flat layer and the split s... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6307624 | Process for the preparation of partially hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubbers (HNBR) with on-line application of Raman spectroscopy The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of partially hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber in a pressurised reactor by hydrogenation of acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber by means of homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysis, in whic... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6307003 | Compostable adhesive The present invention relates to a compostable adhesive, to a method of producing the same, and to the use of the adhesive for the adhesive bonding of materials.... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6303365 | Method of determining activity of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase and 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase The invention relates to DNA which encodes Arabidopsis 1-deoxy-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase and to a method of identifying modulators of the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate reductoisomerase and 1-deoxy-D-xylulose-5-phosphate synthase activity.... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6294637 | Continuous preparation of melt-processable polyurethane in a twin screw extruder The invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of melt-processable polyurethanes, wherein an isocyanate-terminated prepolymer is intensively mixed with chain extender at temperatures of <200.degree. C., and the mixture obtained is co... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6284697 | Compounds of the rare earths and their use as polymerization catalysts for unsaturated compounds The present invention relates to a new catalyst based on allyl complexes of the rare earths, of general formula [(C3 R15)r M1 (X)2-r (D)n ]+ [M2 (X)p ... | 09/04/2001 |
